Drag Race Recap: Team Jinkx

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   April
   Posted March 1, 2013 at 11:53 am

   Ivy is fairly twitchy. I notice it too. I was not sure the word to use to describe it but twitchy makes sense.

   Funny recap. Loved it.

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   Dirty Bubble
   Posted March 1, 2013 at 1:27 pm

   Thanxs for another HI-larious recap; my co-workers wonder what I’m cackling about.

   Hey it just occured to me that I’ve never heard Jinx cuss…not even the oh so common bitch comment. Hmmm……

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   Xouille
   Posted March 1, 2013 at 1:47 pm

   Loved the recap vallegirl.
   What pissed me off the most about the bitchfest over Lil’ Eddie was not that the other queens didn’t know her but that they took pride in their ignorance and started mocking Jynkx for knowing.

   Especially Roxxy… who chose some minor reality TV “celebrity” who from what I gathered is an african-american version of Kyle from the RHOBH (an arrogant bitch who is extremely jealous of her older sister’s success). At least she made the whole thing funny.

   The rest of the girls is a long list of bad choices and/or missed opportunities…
   How can you impersonate Marylin Monroe and miss the “Happy Birthday M. President” joke ?
   How can you impersonate Katy Perry and not get the “I kissed the girl” joke ?
   I would have lived for a Superbowl wardrobe malfunction when Coco changed her outfit, unfortunately the bitch is too full of herself to be funny. She should have been in the bottom for breaking of character and uttering the words “what is a Little Eddie ?” in front of RuPaul.

   And I can’t anymore with the stupid feud, especially since the drama looks so fake and rehearsed to me. At this point, I’m pretty sure they are back to being friends and are playing out the whole thing for camera time.

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   PacoSauce
   Posted March 1, 2013 at 4:06 pm

   The Little Edie fiasco was so ridiculous: the point of Snatch Game is to be funny, not the most recognizable celebrity impersonation. I have no idea who Tamar Braxton is, and my knowledge of Little Edie and Lady Bunny is severely limited, but that’s not what’s important. They were the only funny contestants and that’s why they were in the top. There’s no excuse for a boring performance: Snatch Game is a regular challenge and the queens had plenty of time to work on their impersonation.

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   Sunny
   Posted March 1, 2013 at 4:36 pm

   I know I watch Snatch Game expecting funny. I don’t give two shits about whether I know anything about the character, if you make me laugh I’ll be happy. Some of my favorites in years past were people I knew nothing about. I had never heard of Little Edie before but Jinxx killed that performance and nearly everyone else was a disappointment. There is no reason to come unprepared for Snatch Game at all.

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   April
   Posted March 1, 2013 at 5:05 pm

   Anyone else notice how there are a lot of x’es in the names of the Queens this season? Just odd little fact.

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   Miss Molly
   Posted March 1, 2013 at 5:12 pm

   Altho I am not a fan of CoCo’s she does have some of the best one liners – “The only thing funny about Alyssa is her overbite.”

   I love the Snatch game (my all time favorite was Pandora Boxx as Carol Channing) but why hasn’t anyone done Lindsay Lohan?

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   S-Natch
   Posted March 1, 2013 at 5:41 pm

   Team Jinkx!!! Coco and Alyssa are freaking bad girls and need to go ASAP….

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   Meaghan
   Posted March 1, 2013 at 5:52 pm

   I’ve adored Jinkx since episode one. She’s definitely the underdog to root for! I agree with Santino; she does remind me of Pandora Boxx in that she’s very good at comedy and camp (I will never forget Pandora’s epically hilarious Carol Channing in her season’s Snatch Game). She’s not a “glamor girl”, but does she have to be? Aren’t drag queens supposed to be more funny than they are “glamorous”? Ah well. The only other one I like besides Alaska is Ivy, although this wasn’t her best week.

   Jinkx seems like a genuinely sweet person. I’d love to see her perform live someday.

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    Liz
    Posted March 1, 2013 at 6:13 pm

    I really do wish Jinkx would bring more glamour because I like my queens to have some versatility. Even Sharon wasn’t all blood and weird contacts every single runway. I’m kind of disappointed in this season because there really aren’t that many funny queens in this bunch. Even though I thought Raven was a huge bitch in her season and I didn’t want her to win, she was still really funny. I’m just glad someone agrees with me that Detox is underwhelming.

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    April
    Posted March 2, 2013 at 6:02 am

    Molly that is what my husband said about Li-Lo. He thought that would be an obvious and easy one to do.

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    April
    Posted March 2, 2013 at 6:05 am

    I like Detox but I think sometimes she can just miss and forget what it is about, you know what I mean. Same for Roxxxy and Alaska. I am a fan of all three of them but they need to think about what they are doing and saying a bit more carefully.

    Jinxx is so cute and I would totally hang out with him. Just a sweetie. If she could up the glamour she could win this competition.

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    Miss Molly
    Posted March 2, 2013 at 7:36 pm

    @April – a bad red wig, a torn borrowed gown and empty bank account. Easy Peasy.

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    sarcasatire
    Posted March 2, 2013 at 11:46 pm

    Tamar is reality gold…very polarizing, but definitely entertaining. Here is a mash-up of her 1st season (Braxton Family Values) antics.

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    asby
    Posted March 3, 2013 at 12:23 am

    TEAM JINX all the way ..how can u CALL yourself a drag queen and not know who little eddie is?…..as jinx said……’\U KNEW THE SNACTH GAME WAS COMING\….figure a damn character out…..its very endearing to watch jinx not think she did go and getting ready to be torn apart by the judges…..and michelle visage of all people should know not every drag queen is as over the top as her look is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…

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    April
    Posted March 3, 2013 at 11:51 am

    LOL I watched that video and it was funny. Dot com dot com dot org!! OMG does anyone really talk like that!?

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    cbc-cca
    Posted March 3, 2013 at 3:14 pm

    Please Beware: Long Ramble

    Ivy’s dress was clever and the fabric was stunning! Her MM = disappointing in so many ways. When Ru lobbed the \fond of presidents\ line and Ivy just sat there … I just couldn’t.

    Detox does an amazing job with her paint. Such a gorgeous transformation from Matthew to Detox. That being said, I am so glad you called her out on her padding. It’s almost done as a caricature. Her derriere is like a trainwreck and I can’t stop staring at its appalling-ness.

    Jade’s eyelashes this week were wonky. Her bottom lashes were twice the size of her top lashes … confusing to look at. Her wig must have come from the Dida Ritz collection as well. She looked sloppy to me this week.

    Roxxxy = Meh. Although I did appreciate her mixing up her look a little this week. I loved the \Muffin Top\ reference during the runway. Heh

    Jinkx = I love her sweet and generous soul. Her Little Edie was truly amazing. I did like the dress on the runway but her contouring and shading at times seems a bit off. As Jerrick, the nose looks fine as she is painted on the runway, it looks a bit, Marx bros. I don’t mind most of Michelle’s judging commentary but I hate it when she obsesses on the idiotic. I thought Jinkx brought some glamour with her Maria Aqua-Net ensemble.

    Coco – She is Cheeto-tastic. She paints even more orange-y than Latrice. No bueno. Her JJ vs. Little Edie comment was sad and pathetic. She truly does delight in her ignorance and thinks herself as clever. She is so defensive that I cringe now when she has a sound bite, knowing I’m going to be rolling my eyes.

    Alyssa – Girl, that is NOT your dress (borrowing from Tom and Lorenzo, heh). The silhouette was all kinds of wrong for her body. It did not flatter her at all.

    Lineysha – Gorgeous on the runway … every time. Class act with her departure. One of the most gracious we’ve ever seen. I was sad to see her go but it was justified.

    Alaska – Too cute. I loved the look and who brings a trout from their grandad?!? Clever and funny. I wish she was less involved with the whole \rolaskatox\ thing because that detracts from her amiability, IMHO. Although, I do enjoy the t-shirt Scrabble message from every episode. It’s those little extra bon mots that make me appreciate her drag and personality more and more.

    My top 2 picks for the finale (top 2 b/c I honestly can’t work up enough enthusiasm for the 3rd spot): Jinkx and Alaska.

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    April
    Posted March 3, 2013 at 10:39 pm

    At first I wondered if Alaska was just riding Sharon’s coattails but she has held her own this competition.

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    sarcasatire
    Posted March 3, 2013 at 11:03 pm

    @cbc-cca: As much as I lurve Jinkx, and find Alaska endearing, I can’t imagine Ru stacking the deck with two non-glamour queens in the finale. Especially after Raja and Sharon Needles won. I honestly thought Lineysha was set to win (finally, a PR girl!) as she is much more glamour and fishy like the judging panel seems to like. But since she barely got a line per episode, I knew it wasn’t in the cards. Now, I’m thinking Roxxy will be the glamour finalist. And maybe Alyssa, too. I see Jinkx as a finalist. (The Little Engine That Could is a great analogy for whoever said it.) I’m guessing Alaska is gone within the next three eps. (After Jade and Ivy.)

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    blueberrypancake
    Posted March 4, 2013 at 5:16 am

    Totally on the Alaska-Jinx- possibly Roxxy top three as well!
    I do fear that jinx has the pandora syndrome…not weird enough, yet not glamour enough, but smart and funny. They could love that or hate that.

    I had seen Grey Gardens ( the HBO movie with drew barrymore- not the doc) so I was familiar.

    It got me thinking about \required\ movies iconic for drag culture:

    #1 MUST Paris is Burning
    Grey Gardens
    Mahogony
    Starbooty ( obvs! )
    Xanadu

    The first ones that came to mind…any other ones to add to the list?

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    sarcasatire
    Posted March 4, 2013 at 5:34 am

    I concur on Grey Gardens (the doc! the HBO movie tries to fill in too many blanks and gets melodramatic in the process. The doc, while showing them at full poverty, is still quite light and refreshing and fun.)

    Paris is Burning is one of my faves. Very old school, poor quality video, but such great, colorful characters and it’s a shame to go to wikipedia and learn that the majority of them are no longer alive. Epidemic, indeed.

    (I would imagine some John Waters films being rites of passage, as well. Divine was a trailblazer.)

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    badgerfreak
    Posted March 4, 2013 at 8:04 am

    I have to say first of all that Just Say Julie looks like Helena Bonham Carter, if she took care of herself, and you know, tried to be pretty.

    I also have to say that Detox’s impersonation of Ke$sha was…sort of spot on? She was described as an annoying skank…but isn’t that who Ke$sha is? So job well done?

    I was rather appalled at the lack of comedy from Snatch Game. I was waiting for a Latrice explosion like last season, post-Game.

    Little Edie lived again on stage. Job well done Jinkx. It makes me sad that she feels like she has to always justify herself and her drag. She has so many fans! We love you Jinkxy Cat!

    Lineysha may have been fishy, but the girl needed to go. Michelle Obama!?!? Are you joking?! I can understand having a language barrier, but hunty, that was just bad news bears. She was set to go.

    I love me some Detox, but she was not up to par this week. I hope she changes that shit around. And Roxxy continues to show to me that she’s more bitchy than required. She’s coming off as mean to me, not funny.

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    MellyMel
    Posted March 4, 2013 at 10:26 am

    I’ll have to add Priscilla, Queen of the Desert to that list as well.
    Sarcasatire, you are not kidding. I just wikipedia’d Paris is burning and about 5 of the six main people with bios died of AIDS-related complications. So, so sad.

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    vallegirl
    Posted March 4, 2013 at 11:12 am

    You know what they’ve all been missing? Bette Davis. Where’s All About Eve or Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? She may not be drag culture but she’s a must for drag queens.

    And Pink Flamingos is definitely on that list. Or the original Hairspray if you’re squeamish.

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    sarcasatire
    Posted March 4, 2013 at 11:57 am

    @Mellymel” Yea. And the other one was murdered in a hotel room. Sad all around. But such a vibrant slice of gay history and culture.

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    VelocityBird
    Posted March 4, 2013 at 1:36 pm

    I was reluctant to jump on a team, but after this episode…it’s DEF Team Jinkx. The other queens were riding her hard, and she just kept it classy and quiet. Then BAMMMM! Killed it on the Snatch Game and got lots of respect from the rest of us. And Michelle can just shut her mouth…drag glamour is more than just a shiny headpiece and a big rack. You can take ‘em all on, Jinkx!!!

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    Lee
    Posted March 4, 2013 at 5:08 pm

    Let me make one thing clear, I like Jinx, that being said. Am I the only one, that felt like she only won because she was the only one that didn’t suck major ass? Honestly, I can name 6 charcters from past Snatch Games, that imo did better than Jinx, I mean when you’re grading her up aginst Ivy & Linseyha of course she’s going to be funny, but all together this was the worst snatch game in 4 seasons, and the weakest winner. In a season that’s already bought a double elimination, I would have thrown my hands up and declared no challenge winner.

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    vallegirl
    Posted March 4, 2013 at 7:18 pm

    I couldn’t disagree more about Jinkx’s performance. It went beyond just a couple of broad jokes and mannerisms and was a pretty full performance as Little Edie. As much as I loved Tatianna’s Britney and can accept that Stacey’s Mo’nique was funny, I think they were both weaker than Jinkx.

    At best, Chad performance as Cher might rank higher and Sharon gets extra points for pulling “Michelle Visage” out of her ass at the last minute, but even Pandora’s Carol Channing was only a very clever one-note performance.

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    Lee
    Posted March 4, 2013 at 7:29 pm

    I agree about Chad & Sharon, I also was a big fan of Sahara’s Whitney Houston, Pandoras Carol Channing,Raja’s Tyra etc. Also, maybe it’s just me, but a fun thing about snatch game, at least for me is when the queens bomb and are entertaning in a bad way ie. Milan, Kenya, but this batch was just awful in every way imanginable.

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    sarcasatire
    Posted March 5, 2013 at 5:17 am

    I also disagree with Lee. Jinks embodied the character. Tatiana did a good impression but she could’ve been any dumb, southern blonde. Jinks not only had the right accent, personality, and wit…he had the look.

    I agree with Valle, Sharon’s Michelle Visage was fun, like Chad’s Cher (which Chad has based his whole career on), but to get Little Edie’s accent and to be quick witted enough to save a Marilyn Monroe/president joke is indication enough of how much Jinks did her research.

    Her wig could use a bit of combing though. When she’s rich enough, she’ll hire a glamour squad like Ru.

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    April
    Posted March 5, 2013 at 11:15 am

    I think my fav Snatch Game was Season 2 and Tatianna was the best impersonation. It was a very good Britney to me and I like to think myself a Britney megafan.

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    jewel64
    Posted March 5, 2013 at 6:01 pm

    I was sooo looking forward to Snatch Game but found it most disappointing. My favorite Snatch Game is still Season 2′s.
    Initially I like both Roxxy and Detox, but they are coming off as over confident and annoying. They must be very insecure if they have to announce themselves every time they walk into the workroom. Detox is not as good as I thought she’d be…I expected her to be another Willam, but she’s not even close. Roxxy sounds bitter and jealous, especially when somebody other than her clique wins the challenges. I can see how threatened Detox and Roxxy are by Jinkx. They know she is talented but they try to demean her. Roxxy was also cutting down Vivienne every chance she could, and Vivienne should have defended herself instead of keeping quiet. I think Roxxy is the once-fat-girl now turned Mean Girl to get back at all the skinny girls that probably ridiculed her back in the day. Coco is also overly emotional and bitter; she can’t seem to get beyond the Alyssa feud and move on. I was hoping her Katy Perry would be better, but it was terrible, along with Ivy’s Marilyn, and Lineysha’s Celia Cruz

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    Lee
    Posted March 5, 2013 at 8:36 pm

    I sort of agree with everyone saying they were expecting more from Detox, But honestly, I think maybe it’s just because she was more well known through her videos with Wiliam etc then the other queens, I sometimes think maybe we expect more from the well known queens when they enter.

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    juddfan
    Posted March 6, 2013 at 10:44 am

    Sacra, after seeing that video, I’m surprised Roxxxy didn’t pull out the dot com line. No, I wouldn’t have known it was a thing, but having it introduced in a sense, would have probably helped. I’m not loving Roxxxy or Detox, but Roxxxy is still cute as a boy.

    Love Jinx like the rest of you. If I were on Snatch Game, I’d do Carrie’s mother, aka Piper Laurie, or Joan Crawford. I would add Mommie Dearest to the requisite \gay\ movies.

    Jinx’s Edie made me want to watch Grey Gardens again . . . it made me think if she were alive today, she would probably be a reality TV star!

    Great cap, Valle, and loving all the comments and debate.